Research Databases

Doing research online? Want good results? The following links are premier databases and webpages that have been evaluated by Heights Library staff. Please note that some premier databases require a library card to access from home.

Foundation Center

The Foundation Center Funding Information Network at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is a body of resources that individual researchers and nonprofit organizations can use to research funding opportunities from foundations and corporations.Visit our Foundation Center page

Main Database List

(Important: To use the New York Times Digital Database, you will have to register for a NYT.com account the first time you use it.)

Primary Documents

A collection of webages and databases that contain primary documents for research.

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African-American Newspapers
Database offers Cleveland Historic and current Call and Post and current African American Newspapers from all over the US
Tags: call_and_post, newspapers, periodicals, african_american, black

JewishGen JewishGen is a free, easy-to-use genealogy website that features thousands of databases, research tools, and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research and find family members. Primarily driven by more than 700 active volunteers throughout the world, who actively contribute to an ever growing collection of databases, resources and search tools, JewishGen is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Tags: genealogy, jewish, history

Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images

New York Times Digital This database provides full access to the NYT archive between 1851- 1922, and then from 1981- current day.
ATTENTION: Users will have to create an account to receive access to the database.Tags: new_york_times, digital_magazine, online_magazine, periodicals, magazines, magazine

Ohio History Journal Archive A comprehensive full text online archive of the Ohio History Journal, including text, footnotes, and images published from 1887 to 2000. Ohio History Journal was established in 1887 as the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly and has published peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on topics spanning the political, military, social, economic, and cultural history of our region. Sponsorsed by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN).Tags: Ohio, History, Magazines, primary sources, images

Ohio Memory Project Established in 2000, Ohio Memory is the collaborative statewide digital library program of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio. On this free website, you can explore digital content from over 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all 88 of Ohio’s counties!
Ohio Memory contains over 700,000 digital images from a variety of primary source image types, including: Photographs, maps, drawings and paintings; Manuscripts, letters, diaries and journals;
Archaeological, natural history and historical objects; Newspapers, books, e-publications,
videos and more.Tags: Ohio, history, images, newspapers, primary sources

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Ohio A treasure trove of information, detailed maps at building level for more than 400 Ohio communities from 1868 to the 1960s. Provided by OPLIN. Must have an Ohio library card to access at home.
Tags: Maps, Documents, Ohio, History

World Book Online World Book Online is a collection of research websites organized according to grade level.
Websites offered: Early World of learning (Pre-k-3), World Book for Kids (k-8), Students (k-8), and Advanced (9-12)Tags: Encyclopedias, Primary Documents, Children's